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EU small mid-cap companies to see GDPR record-keeping obligations eased

By Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman ( May 21, 2025, 13:25 GMT | Insight) -- Small mid-cap companies and organizations with fewer than 750 employees will no longer be required to maintain records of personal data processing activities in low-risk cases, under proposed changes to the EU’s data protection rules. The European Commission’s proposal aims to boost growth and competitiveness by reducing administrative burdens.More than seven years after the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation took effect, the European Commission is responding to complaints that the rules put too many administrative burdens on small companies....

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